An Irish woman whose boss repeatedly shouted “potato” at her when they disagreed at work has been awarded £23,000 in a harassment payout.
While employed as a bookkeeper at a civil engineering company in Leeds, Bernadette Hayes, who was 55 at the time, faced a “hostile, humiliating, and offensive” environment due to comments made about her race by her employer, Mick Atkins, employment judges ruled.
